Midday with Dan Rodricks 3-25-11 Hour 2 Parents from Hell

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They go by many names: helicopter parents, hovercrafts, PFHs (Parents from Hell). In her new book, Parenting Out of Control: Anxious Parents in Uncertain Times, Margaret K. Nelson examines the relatively new phenomenon where tools of new technology such as monitors, cell phones and GPS devices enable over-parenting. She joins us this hour to talk about the impact of parents' increased involvement in their children's lives.